Woman Sues Google Maps for Bad Walking Directions

This past Thursday, Lauren Rosenberg of LA County sued Google for more than $100,000 in U.S. District Court, alleging the multinational company responsible for her being hit by a car. According to Rosenberg, sometime in January, the search engine generated directions that led her onto the sidewalk-less Utah State Route 224 in Park City, Utah. The plaintiff is seeking compensation for unspecified (but, nonetheless, "severe") injuries and

Rosenberg was led onto a dangerous highway, and was thereby stricken by a

motor vehicle, causing her to suffer severe permanent physical,

emotional and mental injuries."

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But, let's be real: Nobody puts Google in the corner. The public has hunted Rosenberg down… or at least they've tried to. Humorously enough (for me), it turns out they've been targeting the wrong woman. Since last week, a Lauren Rosenberg of Santa Monica has been bombarded with phone messages and emails from irate friends, family and strangers alike lambasting her for her stupidity. She told the LATimes, "The first one I received was an e-mail from a friend saying, 'Gee, I

thought you were smarter than that."

I must say, Google Maps gets under my skin. If you ever see someone driving alone with eight pieces of printed paper directions from Map Quest, it's likely me. All that said, I'm always willing to let Google slide for all the good it's afforded me in other non-directional areas of my life. Cafe Mom's Jenny Erikson sums my feelings up about this woman's actions best: "I would like to sue Lauren Rosenberg for the emotional and mental

injuries she's caused me with her reckless abandonment of common sense."